By Joseph White DETROIT (Reuters) – Ford Motor Co on Wednesday unveiled the latest addition to its muscle truck franchise – a Ranger Raptor midsize pickup with a 405-horsepower engine and a suspension designed for racing across the desert, made possible in part by Ford’s electric vehicles. The Ranger Raptor, and the rest of the…
By Lewis Jackson, Siyi Liu and Melanie Burton SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia exported roughly $40 million worth of copper ore and concentrate to China early this year, Australian customs data shows, a sign of industry hope that trade in the red metal will resume as diplomatic relations improve. Australian trade data shows exports worth A$60.5…
By Bernadette Christina and Stefanno Sulaiman JAKARTA (Reuters) – Sales of electric cars in Indonesia jumped last month after the government launched tax incentives, auto executives said, in an early sign that electric vehicle (EV) adoption is gaining traction in Southeast Asia’s largest economy. Effective from April, Indonesia cut the value-added tax (VAT) on electric…
By Alun John and Ankur Banerjee LONDON/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Investors are getting more bang for their buck this year by buying European companies with a focus on China than buying Chinese companies themselves, a sign of the unevenness of China’s pandemic recovery and geopolitical concerns. Late last year, China dismantled its strict zero-COVID policy, helping…
By Summer Zhen HONG KONG (Reuters) – People in China splashed out on dining, travel and luxury goods after emerging from three years of pandemic restrictions but are still not spending freely on routine consumer items, if first quarter corporate results are an indication. There was a broad bounce in earnings after China ended its…
(Reuters) -French train maker Alstom on Wednesday forecast a rise in its operating margin for the current financial year, saying the market momentum remained very positive, but delayed its mid-term targets by one year due to high inflation. Train makers like Alstom stand to benefit from a push towards the decarbonisation of transport, but soaring…
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden and top lawmakers agreed on Tuesday to further talks aimed at breaking a deadlock over raising the $31.4 trillion U.S. debt limit, with just three weeks before the country may be forced into an unprecedented default. After about an hour of talks in the Oval Office,…
By Scott Murdoch and Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) -Planning for Virgin Australia’s upcoming initial public offering (IPO) is “well advanced”, Chairman Ryan Cotton said on Wednesday in an internal email that also outlined bonus payments to the airline’s shareholders and staff after a return to profit. Cotton said Australia’s second-biggest airline was days away from…
By Julie Zhu HONG KONG (Reuters) – CICC Capital, a unit of Chinese investment bank CICC, has decided to stop using consultancy Capvision Partners’ services, three sources said, as some financial firms review their ties with China’s largest “expert network” group. Capvision is the latest consultancy and due diligence firm to get caught in Beijing’s…
By Rae Wee SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The dollar weakened broadly on Wednesday after U.S. President Joe Biden and top lawmakers failed to break a deadlock on the debt ceiling crisis, though currency moves were marginal amid caution ahead of U.S. inflation data later in the day. Biden and House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy remained…
